Thursday night and time to head down to Cremorne for some respite from London’s pre-Christmas bustle. Late as usual after a hectic day but Olwen Jac and Christoph waited patiently with all the kit ready, and their patience was rewarded with… Flashing Christmas hats! Lowering the boats off the pontoon Read more…
We had a very interesting visit to the Port of London Authority (PLA) Operations at Woolwich yesterday. Seven of us were met on a bitterly cold morning by Tom Southall, the Deputy Manager of VTS. The PLA ops and London Coastguard are based in the same building just beside the Read more…
CKC team up with Maldon and Dengie Canoe Club for a paddle around Osea Island on the Blackwater Estuary August 2012 By Ann Gales As well as exotic trip locations such as Sardinia, Denmark and Kilchoan, we like to try to organise some fairly local paddles in the South East, Read more…
This was followed by some more rescues, fun in a playground on the island where Jakob was crowned Champion of Swingball, and Paul threw caution to the wind and launched himself head first down the waterslide. Hilarious. The next day the sun shone brightly and we had a fairly gentle Read more…
You may have noticed a little downtime today. I’ve updated our webserver so it instructs your browser to cache more of the site and for longer. Sorry for any trouble and hopefully you’ll see a slightly faster site. For anyone that’s interested I enabled some apache mods, see more here.
Brockwell Lido Session Brilliant Springtime evening sunshine welcomed us out onto the lido, beautifully vibrant and blue after its recent renovation. The water was cool, but inviting, and Tom jumped straight in for a swim before we started. We all had a great time practicing rolling in various boats, with Read more…
Hayling Island Circumnavigation As if one day of paddling in the wind and rain on the South Coast wasn’t enough, Rob, Richard Bate and I stuck around for a second day of paddling, joined at the last minute by Fiona. Read more…
Langstone Harbour Skills Day (and swimming with Mulberries) Eight of us (Philippe, Tom, Neil, Rob, Noakesy, Miranda, Toons and Richard B) made it down to Hayling Island for a skills day in Langstone Harbour on Saturday 5 May, organised by Miranda and led by Richard, who grew up in the Read more…
2012! An exciting year to be in London. The long awaited Olympic Games are now 200 days away. The second longest serving British monarch (after Queen Victoria, as you ask) will be having her Diamond Jubilee. This will include a huge river festival, and our club will be well represented Read more…
It’s been a while since I wrote a blog, but last night’s marvellous paddle deserves one. Four foreigners: A Jerseyman, an Irishman, a Frenchman and a Danishwoman. Three days to spring tides: LW at 7.30 p.m. Two leaders. One howling westerly wind. Despite the odd bit of rain, it was Read more…